Lisa Gonzales and Gulstan Dart talk with KCRA 3 political expert Kevin Riggs just as the polls close.

Lisa Gonzales and Gulstan Dart talk with KCRA 3 political expert Kevin Riggs just as the polls close.

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Updated: 9:10 PM PDT Jun 3, 2014

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WEBVTT THANK YOU. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS LATER TONIGHT. AND OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES. DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING THIS RACE TO SEE WHO PEOPLE REALLY SIDE WITH -- DONNELLY OR KASHKARI? PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. PERHAPS AS GOES THE PRIMARY AND THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE HERE REPUBLICANS LIKE KARL ROVE SAYING THEY BELIEVE THAT TIM DONNELLY COMES IN SECOND AND WILL JOIN THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. THERE IS AN EFFORT TO REBUILD THE PARTY. INTERESTING TO SEE WHO HAS ENDORSED KASHKARI AND WHO HAS ENDORSED DONNELLY WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU? OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE VERY STRICT DIVISIONS. YOU LOOK AT THESE CANDIDATES. IT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF IT. YOU HAVE GOT GUN-CONTROL GROUPS AND IMMIGRATION CONTROL GROUPS THAT ARE SUPPORTING TIM DONNELLY AND BUSINESS GROUPS AND PARTY ELDERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING KASHKARI AS OPPOSED TO DONNELLY. YOU GOT THIS DIVISION WITHIN THE TWO. IT TELLS YOU IN THE BIG BUT SURE WHAT DIRECTION THE PARTY WILL GO. WE HAVE SEEN AND ONE OF THE STORIES THAT WAS REPORTED ON EARLIER TODAY THAT THEIR TALK BUT THE FASTEST-GROWING ELECTORATE IS NEITHER REPUBLICAN NOR DEMOCRAT. WE ARE SEEING A DECLINE IN THE STATE. NO PARTY PREFERENCE IS CONTINUING TO GROW. WE HAVE SEEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DECLINE. THEY STILL HAVE A HUGE MAJORITY HERE IN CALIFORNIA. NO QUESTION THE TREND IS FOR THE CLIENT TO SAY NO PARTY PREFERENCE GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. A RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE YOU HERE ALL NIGHT LONG HERE TO YOU SURPRISED THAT WE HAVE SEEN LOW VOTER TURNOUT? MAYBE LOWER THAN WHAT PEOPLE WERE DISCUSSING? ARE YOU SURPRISED? I'M NOT SURPRISED IN THE SENSE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A CONVENTIONAL GOVERNOR'S RACE HERE TO REALLY DRAW ATTENTION. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE LOW. WE DID HAVE ANY CONTROVERSIAL BALLOT MEASURE. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. IF THAT IS THE LOVE OF. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD VOTE IN. MAYBE WE'LL SEE OTHER SURPRISES.